Please choose one to respond to in writing, or compare and contrast both:

“Dialogue is about people - listening to them, empathizing with them, and humbling ourselves for a moment that we might understand a different view.” - from Science and Spirit, 2/2001

"My basic approach to interviewing is to ask the basic questions that might even sound naive, or not intellectual. Sometimes when you ask the simple questions like 'Who are you?' or 'What do you do?' you learn the most." ~ Brian Lamb, journalist and founder of C-SPAN, cable network coverage of the U.S. Congress

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I agree with Brian Lamb because if you ask complicated questions they will sometimes have a hard time understanding the question but if you ask a simple question they will most likely tell you more and understand better.

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Eliott

9/29/2014 01:34:41 am

All question are in a different in a way like in a different prospective or just a different questions period.

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matthew

9/29/2014 01:36:21 am

number one I did the same thing wen I was toking to my sibling.

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Liberty

9/29/2014 01:37:44 am

I think they mean by a basic approach they are saying something like "Hi what is your name?" or just even "Hello" is a gentle/basic approach to someone you are interested in talking to.

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Sarah

9/29/2014 01:39:49 am

When I am in an interveiw I don't like to ask simple questions,because when I ask simple questions people might think of me as a very lazy person but I don't like for projects to be lazy,I like for me to do a project and make people think... ''Wow! She put a lot of hard work into this project.''

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Rachael

9/29/2014 01:43:23 am

the second one is good advice for making new friends like if you just go up to them and say hey you wanna be friends or watch a movie at my house there going to run away screaming. Trust me they will.

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Tymaya

9/30/2014 01:41:18 am

Listen to people to understand them.

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CAMDEN WATTS

9/30/2014 01:41:24 am

I agree with the second because ask the basic questions first before going to the hard questions.

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Collin

9/30/2014 01:43:51 am

I agree with Brian Lamb because you don't have to always ask deep questions because most of the time they will want to tell you more.

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Kristen Mack

9/30/2014 01:44:52 am

When people talk other people listen. But when you do that you start to feel better with talking to other people and your feeling better in your on skin.

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Clementine Jordan

9/30/2014 01:46:37 am

I think science and spirit are right that you should ask many questions in more ways to get information rather than asking few questions and getting much information

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Caroline Cadena

9/30/2014 01:47:45 am

I agree with Brian Lamb because you learn a lot about a person when you ask them questions about themselves.

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Jacob

9/30/2014 01:49:15 am

I think the 2nd paragraph is saying that advanced questions are
helpful but basic questions can be helpful too.

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EMILIA

9/30/2014 01:49:35 am

I agree with brain lamb because if you ask what is your favorite color or what your favorite subject then you will learn more about them even if it dose sound naive

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Harvy Happy Henderson (Michael McGinn)

9/30/2014 01:50:02 am

I think science and spirit are trying to say dialogue is about people- hearing them, understanding them and sharing feelings of others, but that we might understand it from another way instead of the way they know it from.

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COLLIN!!!

9/30/2014 01:53:24 am

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Avery Whisenant

9/30/2014 01:50:29 am

I picked the first one because it means to me that you could just read a dialogue but a dialogue is not as powerful as talking to the person.

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Miguel

9/30/2014 01:50:53 am

I agree with Brian Lamb because I think people don't like to be asked personal questions and there are more basic questions than personal questions.

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:):):):):)Drew(:(:(:(:(:

9/30/2014 01:51:25 am

Sometimes when you ask a simple ? you don't all ways get an accurate answer from the person. Some times it is good to ask simple but some times you need to ask specific.

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Kyle

9/30/2014 01:53:32 am

I agree with Brian because if you don't ask basic questions it could be intence for that person

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Adeep

10/1/2014 03:18:57 am

Proverb 2
To me this means that it is okay to ask who you are and what you do because your still learning and it might help you with other problems later in your life for you know who to ask when an obstacle related to that topic comes your way.

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Aidan

10/1/2014 03:19:50 am

Adverb 1
To me this means that if you ltake a minute and listen closely you can understand the main point and a deeper meaning

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Aidan

10/1/2014 03:21:16 am

proverb not adverb

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Gary :)

10/1/2014 03:22:42 am

PROVERB 2: I think when it says "who are you? " and what do you do?". It means that you get to know that person more, that's how you learn more from them. I mean by that is you can know what the person name is and what place they where from and what they do like meditate, play, and you might play the same thing like them.You ask basic questions to others so you can know more about them.

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Camryn Shadd

10/1/2014 03:23:06 am

Proverb 1: To me this means that to understand people you have to give all your attention.For example you look people in the eye when they talk to you so you can understand them.This relates to "Seek fist to understand,then to be understood.

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CLAIREHASTY

10/1/2014 03:24:40 am

Proverb 2
To me this means that you can learn more about somebody when you ask even the simplest question.For example if you ask "what is your job" you can learn there intelagance or what they specialize in.Like if somebody said they were a math teacher they would probably be best at math, if not then it would probably be ONE of there specialized categories.That is what i think.

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Evan

10/1/2014 03:24:53 am

sometimes people do understand diffrent

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!Bobby!

10/3/2014 01:50:06 am

To me this means that everybody has there personal way of learning and no one learns the same and everyone is different.

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MALCOLM

10/3/2014 04:10:07 am

Proverb #2:To me this means that interviewing people with simple questions then ask them more advanced questions. DNS(do not share)

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Tristan

10/3/2014 04:11:29 am

Proverb 1:
I think he means "Dialog is special to humans for we can not only hear each other, but because we have the power of distinct speech and of many different languages.